novelaction Chapter 692
Chapter 692
"Boss!" The underlings immediately panicked.
The gang leader turned around and glared at them. "I'm the boss, you listen to me. I'm in charge now."
"No, we can listen to the boss on other things, but not on this. We did this voluntarily and it has nothing to do with the boss."
“Shut up, all of you. It was me who contacted the other people and I who led you to do these things. What does it have to do with you?”
“We ate together, so we should naturally share the responsibility if something happens. We also have a responsibility. It’s impossible for us to be there when we ate together. Now you want to take the blame alone and push us away. Are you even a brother?”
Du Mingxian had truly witnessed a display of brotherly affection, and at the same time, she also discovered that this leader was a man of honor. "Alright, none of you will escape. Don't think that just because you're talking here, I'll let you go. No way."
"We're not trying to escape, it's just... it's just a feeling." You've gone too far.
"Xia Yu, go and investigate their backgrounds. If they've been involved in murder and robbery, then send them directly to the authorities. If it's just petty theft, then... make them sign indentures, death contracts. Of course, if they have money, that's fine too. If they pay back the money, we'll call it even. If they don't have money, they can pay off their debts with their bodies."
Du Mingxian didn't want to listen to them talk, so she gave the order directly and turned to leave.
The thugs panicked immediately, crying and shouting that they didn't want it, but they couldn't say anything else besides that they didn't want it. They had done the deed, and they really couldn't come up with so much money.
Xia Yu looked at them coldly, "If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? Alright, you guys go and wait in the woodshed."
"I...I want to change my pants." The one speaking was the one pulling up his pants.
Upon hearing this, the others who had wet their pants also spoke up, "We also want to change our pants."
The only one who hadn't wet his pants was the gang leader, whose face was now completely red. Only when his underlings said that did he realize that he had been holding in his pee.
"I'm going to pee."
There was an outhouse in the backyard. As soon as the gang leader mentioned it, he immediately ran towards the outhouse. Xia Yu stood still and watched. From where she stood, she could see the outhouse.
These are just ordinary people. If they try to escape, she can catch them and bring them back, so she's not worried at all.
The group lined up to use the outhouse. When they came out, the man who had soiled his pants was almost in tears, pleading, "Can I change my pants?"
The others just urinated, and by now it's dried up. Although it smells, it's still much better than soiling your pants.
Xia Yu did not answer him, but only said to them, "Let's go to the woodshed."
"Are we willing to sign a contract of servitude?" the gang leader asked.
Xia Yu chuckled, "Do you really think our wife is a philanthropist, taking anyone she wants? And don't you even consider that I haven't even investigated your situation? Do you think you can just sell yourself like that?"
The thugs were dumbfounded. They were picking and choosing who to buy?
"Alright, go wait in the woodshed. If you haven't killed anyone, you can sell yourselves as soon as you've thought it over and I'm back."
The group had considered running away, but they knew Xia Yu's martial arts skills. Even if they joined forces, they might not be able to escape, so they decided not to waste their time.
Once inside the woodshed, the group began to whisper among themselves.
"Boss, can we escape now? It's busy outside. This woman is going to investigate us. If we all rush out together, we can definitely do it."
The one who spoke was the youngest among them. When they became sworn brothers, they also said that he was the youngest brother, and everyone usually called him the sixth brother.
The second brother shook his head. "Impossible. Although she's gone, we're locked inside. The windows are sealed, and there are people walking around outside. If we go out, we'll definitely be arrested."
"Let's sit down and think of a solution, or... I'll stay, you guys go," the leader said.
"Boss, no way! We agreed to share the good times together, but now that things are tough, you're telling us to leave? What do you take us, your underlings, for?" the third brother protested.
The fourth brother was also unhappy, "That's right, you're our leader, and you've taken good care of us in the past. Now you want to get rid of us? Do you really think we're not human?"
The leader gave a bitter smile, "I didn't say you weren't human, but you need to think this through. Selling yourself into slavery means being a slave for life, with your life and death in the hands of your master, and moreover..."
"If they marry and have children in the future, they will also be slaves, sons, grandsons, and generations of slaves."
"It's easy to be a slave, but it's hard to get rid of that status."
"If sons and grandsons are slaves, they will live the life of the lower class from birth. Although they will have no worries about food and drink, they will never experience the freedom of ordinary people."
“This boss looks fierce, but I can tell she’s not a bad person. If you escape, she won’t do anything to you. I’ll stay and let her vent her anger.”
"I'll stay with you," the fourth brother said heavily. "I'll stay here with you. Let the other brothers go out. It doesn't matter whether I go out or not. I'll be a slave if I want to."
The fourth child's situation was indeed different from the others.
It was around that time that he cried as he told Du Mingxian that he had a stepmother.
The fourth son's mother died early, and his biological father married a second wife. After the second wife entered the family, she started having children, giving birth to several children in a row, including younger brothers and sisters. Naturally, his biological father didn't care much for the children.
With a stepmother comes a stepfather. With a whisper in the stepmother's ear, the fourth son had nothing but himself. He almost didn't survive when he was a child.
It was through the help of the villagers that I finally met this group of brothers and slowly began to live like a human being again.
The fourth brother valued the eldest brother the most. When the fourth brother was ten years old, he almost froze to death. It was the eldest brother who found him and took off his own coat to give to the fourth brother.
In the end, the fourth brother survived and from then on, he also recognized the eldest brother.
The second brother and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. The eldest brother was all alone, and it made little difference whether the fourth brother had family or not. The others all had family.
For example... Lao Wu, whose family is all together, ran away to play because he was naughty. Over time, the group got to know each other, and since Lao Wu was a bit unreliable, he was willing to play with them.
My family tried to control me, they tried to scold me, but they couldn't stop me no matter what they did, so in the end they just gave up.
The fifth son's family was complete, but there were many. His mother was very fertile, having given birth to eight children: six sons and two daughters. The fifth son was the youngest in the family and was considered the most favored.
His older brother and sister-in-law, his father and mother all doted on him, but his family was poor. They were truly struggling to make ends meet.
The fifth brother couldn't endure the hardship. He was from the same village as the fourth brother, and the two of them used to play together. The fifth brother's family was also poor, but his family spoiled him and would occasionally help the fourth brother out.
Later, the fourth brother recognized the eldest brother and became more energetic. The fifth brother was very envious of this and eventually ignored his family's objections and simply followed the eldest brother to live a carefree life.